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Directory Maintenance and Replication

A good network administrator knows
that thoroughly planning a network before actually implementing it
will save a tremendous amount of time and effort in the long run. An
experienced network administrator knows that no matter how well you
plan a network, the network will have to be changed to meet the ever
changing needs of its users.

The three main tasks you’ll have to perform are: adding a new
server, moving a server to a new replication site, and removing a
server from the network. Because hardware is constantly improving,
adding new servers or consolidating tasks performed by a few less
powerful servers on a new server is commonplace. This type of
activity can occur quite frequently if your company is growing
rapidly.

Creating a Server Object

Everything in Active Directory is an object. In the case of a server,
a server object
is the logical representation of the physical machine in the
hierarchical AD database. When you install a new server, you’ll
have to add it to the Active Directory using the following steps: